Effect of perinatal pathology on the morphofunctional status of the pituitary and adrenal glands in newborn infants
Ponomareva, L.P.; Kuznetsova, L.V.; Altukhova, V.I.
Pediatriia 1: 24-28
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-403X PMID: 2330267 Document Number: 354311
A comprehensive study of the content of hormones (ACTH, STH and hydrocortisone) directly in the cells of endocrine organs (pituitary) and in the blood of the dead newborn was conducted for the first time, using immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassays. Based on the findings obtained, the degree of maturity of adnenocorticotropic function of the pituitary was established as were adaptation reserve potentiatialities of endocrine functions in the newborn, bearing in mind the gestation age, the influence of the mother's infectious disease (chronic pyelonephritis, rheumatic fever, bronchopulmonary pathology), and the time of the child's life.